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21.10.2026
BIG were supposed to lose to The MongolZ. Strafe users gave the German side just 10% of the vote before their upper bracket semifinal. BIG won 2-0 anyway.
That result reshaped the 1win Private Club #2 bracket. Six teams remain, and six series stand between them and the $100,000 title. Four of those are CS2 matches today, October 21. The final two close the event on October 22.
GoCore has every remaining series open on its Pick’ems platform. Here is how we see the rest of the playoffs unfolding.
The event runs October 19 to 22 with a double-elimination playoff bracket. Every series is best-of-three except the grand final, which goes to best-of-five.
The upper bracket opened with four sweeps. BIG beat PRIVATE, The MongolZ beat Alliance, PARIVISION beat magic and Fnatic beat Team Liquid. The semifinals then split the field. BIG handled The MongolZ, while PARIVISION needed three maps to get past Fnatic.
In the lower bracket, PRIVATE and magic both won 2-0 to send Alliance and Team Liquid home. Few CS2 tournaments this month pack this much into four days, and the next 48 hours will settle everything.
Fnatic open the elimination path against PRIVATE. Both rosters came through the closed qualifier, but Fnatic have looked sharper in the main event. They swept Team Liquid and took a map off PARIVISION. PRIVATE beat Alliance convincingly, yet BIG dismantled them in the opening round. Fnatic are the pick.
The MongolZ face magic in the second quarterfinal. The MongolZ arrived as one of the highest-ranked teams in the field, and one bad series against BIG does not erase that. magic recovered well against Liquid but failed to take a single map from PARIVISION. Expect The MongolZ to restore order.
This is the boldest call on the board. On paper, The MongolZ should advance. Their recent form tells a different story. The sweep against BIG showed a team that struggled to find answers once the series slipped away.
Fnatic have already pushed PARIVISION to a decider at this event. That series proved they can trade maps with a top-tier opponent. Both teams play twice today, so momentum matters. Fnatic carry more of it. We are backing Fnatic to reach the lower bracket final.
BIG and PARIVISION meet today for a direct ticket to the grand final. PARIVISION bring the bigger résumé. The roster built around Jame and zweih won BLAST Bounty Winter 2026, the organization’s first Tier-S title. Some of the best CS2 players in the region sit on that lineup.
BIG have the hotter hand. Under IGL blameF, who joined from Fnatic in January, they have yet to drop a map at this event. Four straight map wins make them dangerous in a best-of-three. BIG take this one and secure the upper bracket slot in the grand final.
The loss drops PARIVISION into a rematch with Fnatic on October 22. PARIVISION already won that matchup 2-1 in the semifinal. A second meeting should favour the side with more firepower and more experience at the top level. PARIVISION advance.
That sets up a rematch with BIG in the best-of-five grand final. The longer format changes the equation. Five maps reward depth across the map pool and the ability to adjust over a long series. PARIVISION have shown both at the highest level this year. We are picking PARIVISION to lift the trophy.
If you want to climb the leaderboard, the Fnatic semifinal call is where the separation happens. Lock in every remaining series on GoCore before the first match goes live today.
Two days, six series and one trophy. BIG have earned the favourite tag for now, but this bracket still has room for a twist.
ChaiViz
21.10.2026
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